text_original: For if Pippin had not decided to espouse the cause of the Pope, no ! thing could have saved Rome from falling into the hands of the Lombards, and while the Frankish kings, free from the entanglement of Italian affairs, would have been able to devote themselves to the building up of their own territories, the Lombards might have united Italy under their rule, and so the work of Bismarck and Gavour might have been forestalled by a thousand years. But these things were not to be.
text_transcription: FOR IF PIPPIN HAD NOT DECIDED TO ESPOUSE THE CAUSE OF THE POPE NOTHING COULD HAVE SAVED ROME FROM FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF THE LOMBARDS AND WHILE THE FRENKISH KINGS FREE FROM THE ENTANGLEMENT OF ITALIAN AFFAIRS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE BUILDING UP OF THEIR OWN TERRITORIES THE LOMBARDS MIGHT HAVE UNITED ITALY UNDER ONE RULE AND SO THE WORK OF BISMARCK AND CAVUR MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORESTALLED BY A THOUSAND YEARS BUT THESE THINGS WERE NOT TO BE
phonemes: fɔːɹ ɪf pˈɪpɪn hæd nˌɑːt dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd tʊ ɛspˈaʊs ðə kˈɔːz ʌvðə pˈoʊp, nˈoʊ ! θˈɪŋ kˌʊdɐv sˈeɪvd ɹˈoʊm fɹʌm fˈɔːlɪŋ ˌɪntʊ ðə hˈændz ʌvðə lˈɑːmbɑːɹdz, ænd wˌaɪl ðə fɹˈæŋkɪʃ kˈɪŋz, fɹˈiː fɹʌmðɪ ɛntˈæŋɡəlmənt ʌv ɪtˈæliən ɐfˈɛɹz, wʊdhɐv bˌɪn ˈeɪbəl tə dɪvˈoʊt ðɛmsˈɛlvz tə ðə bˈɪldɪŋ ˌʌp ʌv ðɛɹ ˈoʊn tˈɛɹɪtˌɔːɹiz, ðə lˈɑːmbɑːɹdz mˌaɪthɐv juːnˈaɪɾᵻd ˈɪɾəli ˌʌndɚ ðɛɹ ɹˈuːl, ænd sˌoʊ ðə wˈɜːk ʌv bˈɪsmɑːɹk ænd ɡɐvˈɜː mˌaɪthɐv bˌɪn fɔːɹstˈɔːld baɪ ɐ θˈaʊzənd jˈɪɹz. bˌʌt ðiːz θˈɪŋz wɜː nˌɑːt tə bˈiː.